Technical-Interpretative Aspects of Preparing a Recital Using the Alto, Tenor and Bass
Trombones
Bass Trombone. Tenor Trombone. Alto Trombone. Doubling Practise. Recital Praparation. Instrumental
Performance
The work investigates the technical-interpretive aspects of the preparation of a recital through the
practice of doubling on the bass, tenor and alto trombones. The aim is to seek to understand the study
strategies that allow the musician to perform a recital with works by Brazilian composers of the 20th
and 21st century in the three trombones from the preparation and execution of the works Criação nº 2
(bass trombone), Três estudos para trombone tenor, Música para trombone nº 4 (alto trombone) and
Música para trombones e Percussão (bass, tenor and alto trombones). The text presents the
organology of the three trombones as well as a brief historical contextualization (FONSECA, 2008;
GUION, 2010; HERBERT, 1997). Then we bring considerations about the daily routine of studies in
the bass, tenor and alto trombones (LEITE, 2015; ROCHA, 2016; SANTOS, 2017) and the
possibilities of studying the instrument using the Social Cognitive Theory idealized by Albert Bandura
(BANDURA, 1978 apud CAVALCANTI, 2009) and Deliberate Practice (ERICSSON et al., 1993).
Right after we present a contextualization about the researches about trombone in Brazil and works
that refer to the practice of doubling in a direct or indirect way, as well as we discuss this practice
through the experience of interviewed trombonists (PIERCE, 2002; REIS, 2016). Finally, we bring the
experience of preparing the recital through the proposition of strategies that served to resolve sections
that presented technical difficulties in the works chosen for the recital